Shriya Shah-Klorfine

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Shriya Shah-Klorfine (January 11, 1979 – May 19, 2012) was a Nepal-born Canadian woman who died while descending from the summit of Mount Everest in 2012.[1][2]

Everest experience[]

Shah-Klorfine had booked a climb with Utmost Adventure Trekking, which was a new guiding company.[2][3] Neither she nor the guide firm had much climbing experience.[4] The leader of the guide firm said he had asked her not to try to summit on that day, and previously warned her she was a below-average climber.[3] However, another guide firm said she was not given enough bottled oxygen.[3] One issue noted by the guide firm and other climbers that day was long waiting times on the mountain, caused by slow passage through certain bottlenecks on the climbing route.[5] The 2012 season was noted as the worst since 1996, with about 11 deaths for the season.[6]

The Himalayan Database records that she died on May 19, 2012, on the south side of Mount Everest at 8400 meters altitude.[7] Further fatalities that season include two on the north and eight on the south side including Shah-Klorfine, with four other deaths on the same day as Shah-Klorfine.[7] She is said to have died 250 meters (~820 feet) from Camp 4 (Nepal side).[8]

The day after she died, climber Leanne Shuttleworth came across her body.[9] Shuttleworth and her father with whom she was climbing had to go around Shah-Klorfine's body, as she was still clipped to the climbing line.[9] Her body was on the mountain for about ten days before it was carried back down.[2] The body was retrieved from over 8000 meters altitude and then taken off the mountain by helicopter.[10] On July 8, 2012, a memorial service was ministered for her at a church in Toronto, Canada.[11]

In a 2012 documentary,[12] Bob McKeown travels to Nepal and pieces together what happened, including video of Shah-Klorfine's final hours on Everest.

Early life[]

Shah-Klorfine was born in Kathmandu, Nepal, according to CityNews.[1] At the age of nine, Shah-Klorfine had taken a helicopter tour of Mount Everest with her father.[13] She grew up in Mumbai, India, which she left to work on cruise ships.[1] She attended Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu, Nepal.[14]

Adulthood[]

She was married to Bruce Klorfine, who was from Toronto, Canada.[2][3] She met her husband while working on a cruise ship, and they settled in Canada.[15] Her husband was a jazz and event piano player.[14] They were together for about a decade before she died on Everest.[13] Shah-Klorfine was also a businesswoman and a candidate in a general election in Mississauga East—Cooksville.[13][9] The business she started was "SOS Splash of Style Inc."[1] She was 33 years old when she died on Everest.[3]

Legacy[]

Shah-Klorfine has been noted as a case of the pros and cons of risk taking.[16] The Vancouver Sun noted that dangerous adventures can offer achievement but that danger can also result in death.[16] Another analysis noted the cruel dangers of mountain climbing and questioned the common sense of going with an inexperienced guiding firm.[14] Another Canadian Everest summiter noted the dangers of climbing Mount Everest.[17]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d News Staff (May 29, 2012). "Body of Canadian Everest climber taken off mountain by helicopter". CityNews. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d "EXCLUSIVE | Canadian Everest victim used inexperienced company, lacked oxygen". CBC News. September 13, 2012. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e Koul, Scaachi (September 14, 2012). "More details, and blame, in the death of Canadian Everest victim". Maclean's. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  4. ^ Arnette, Alan (October 16, 2016). "What is Wrong with Everest". The Blog on alanarnette.com. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  5. ^ Tu, Thanh Ha; D'Aliesio, Renata (May 22, 2012). "'Save me,' Canadian climber told sherpas after being urged to turn back". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  6. ^ Eberle, Lukas (October 5, 2012). "The Story Behind another Deadly Year on Everest". Spiegel Online. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Deaths - Spring 2012". The Himalayan Database. The American Alpine Club. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  8. ^ Shah, Maryam (May 22, 2012). "Everest climber's last words: 'Save me'". Toronto Sun. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  9. ^ a b c Smith, Nicola (May 29, 2012). "Ego-driven climbers fall to Everest's lethal lure". The Australian. Archived from the original on May 31, 2012.
  10. ^ "Canadian climber Shriya Shah-Klorfine's body removed from Mount Everest by helicopter". National Post. CP. May 29, 2012. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  11. ^ "Friends of 33 year old Shriya Shah-Klorfine, hold a memorial Sunday July 8, 2012 at Malvern Methodist Church in Toronto, Ontario". Getty Images. July 8, 2012. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  12. ^ The Fifth Estate (2016-08-20), Mount Everest : Into the Death Zone - the fifth estate, retrieved 2019-05-29
  13. ^ a b c Tapper, Josh (May 22, 2012). "Toronto woman dies on Mount Everest descent". Toronto Star. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  14. ^ a b c Amiel, Barbara (June 1, 2012). "The lure, and the cruelty, of Mount Everest". Maclean's. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  15. ^ "Shriya Shah-Klorfine". Notes to Women. May 22, 2012. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  16. ^ a b Todd, Douglas (July 28, 2012). "The pros and cons of risk". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  17. ^ "Mount Everest descent claims Canadian woman, 2 others". CBC News. AP. May 21, 2012. Retrieved September 16, 2016.

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